While I was at WalMart one day, I decided to run by the pillow section and grab one. I didn't give it much thought, but when I got home I realized that the pillow was NOT going to work. So after pillow #1 I thought, "no big deal. I'll just return it and get a firmer one."
So I return pillow #1 and spent a little more time picking out the next pillow. I would pull them off the shelf, lay them on the flat surface created by a stack of boxes in the middle of the wide aisle, and rested my head on the pillow to see how it felt. I felt super ridiculous, but please tell me how else I am supposed to test out a pillow. Don't worry, I made sure no one else was around. So, I did this a few times, picked one out, and left with pillow #2.
Well, at home on my bed, pillow #2 felt nothing like it did when I was trying it out at the store. So, I returned pillow #2.
At this point I decided maybe WalMart wasn't the best place to buy pillows. I knew I didn't want to take after my Dad and buy a pillow from Publix, so I called my Mom to see where she typically purchased pillows. .... Did you catch that... My Dad bought a pillow from Publix. Who knew Publix sold pillows? Well, apparently they do and the summer of 2008, my Dad bought one. My Sister and I thought it was hilarious and had to take pictures of this Publix Pillow.
This pillow was everything you would expect out of a $2 pillow from Publix, and I'm not sure anyone ever actually used it. Therefore, like I said, I checked with my Mom where the best place to buy a pillow would be.
She told me she liked to go to Sears when they have pillows on sale. So, that was my plan. I looked at pillows from Sears online and in the process found affordable pillows but also pillows that cost hundreds of dollars. Apparently the price range on pillows is quite large... $2-$200+
Well, I never go to Sears (apologies to my sweet Granny who worked there for a long, long time and just retired) but I do go to Home Goods. So when I saw they have pillows, I scratched the Sears idea.
I went through my process again of taking the pillow off the rack, placing the pillow on a flat surface, and putting my head on it (again I'm open to suggestions on a better way to accomplish this). After testing several pillows, I felt successful and purchased pillow #3 (actually there were two #3s as it was a two pack).
That night as JP and I were chatting before bed, I determined that pillow #3 was like resting my head on a very poofy rock and that yet again I had to make a return. At this point, JP stated, "Do you have some strange pillow fetish I didn't know about? Is it your goal to sleep on a new pillow every night?" The answers to both of those questions was no.
I did make a pillow exchange Home Goods and came home with pillow #4, again a two pack. At first I did not like this pillow but I forced myself to keep and am now pleased with it.
Recently, I saw an ad for Ikea mattresses which stated you have 90 days to return one of their mattresses. If my search for a mattress is anything like my search for a pillow, we might need to consider purchasing an Ikea mattress!
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